Top Ten Tuesdays - Page 739

Nosferatu@Cult Labs · #**7381** 8th January 2019, 11:25 AM

Happy New Year, everyone!

Something we haven't done before is a well trodden cinematic path, the buddy cop movie.

When thinking about your lists, it's probably best to use this definition from Wikipedia:

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A buddy cop film is a film with plots involving two people of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to solve a crime and/or defeat criminals, sometimes learning from each other in the process. The two are normally either police officers or secret agents (cops), but some films that are not about two officers may still be referred to as buddy cop films. It is a subgenre of buddy films. They can be either comedies or thrillers.

Frequently, although not always, the two heroes are of different ethnicity or cultures. However, regardless of ethnicity, the central difference is normally that one is "wilder" than the other: a hot-tempered iconoclast is paired with a more even-tempered partner. Often the "wilder" partner is the younger of the two, with the even-tempered partner having more patience and experience. These films sometimes also contain a variation on the good cop/bad cop motif, in which one partner is kinder and law-abiding, while the other is a streetwise, "old school" police officer who tends to break (or at least bend) the rules. Another frequent plot device of this genre is placing one of the partners in an unfamiliar setting (like a different city or foreign country) or role (like requiring police field work of a non-cop, rookie, or office-bound "desk jockey"). In these cases, they are usually guided by the other partner.

BUDDY COP MOVIES

MrBarlow · #**7382** 8th January 2019, 02:53 PM

Buddy Cop Movies.

Alien Nation
Bad Boys
Black Rain
Hot Fuzz
Leathal Weapon
K-9
Red Heat
Rush Hour
Tango and Cash
Turner and Hooch

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**7383** 8th January 2019, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Buddy Cop Movies.

Alien Nation
Bad Boys
Black Rain
Hot Fuzz
Leathal Weapon
K-9
Red Heat
Rush Hour
Tango and Cash
Turner and Hooch

I get the feeling we'll all have the same movies just in different orders.

MrBarlow · #**7384** 8th January 2019, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I get the feeling we'll all have the same movies just in different orders.

Probably will do Dem, was that the same list you were thinking of??

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**7385** 8th January 2019, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Probably will do Dem, was that the same list you were thinking of??

I was definitely going to include Lethal Weapon, Black Rain, K9, Red Heat, Rush Hour and Tango and Cash.

Along with National Security, Point Break, Starsky and Hutch and Bad Company.

Voila! Done this weeks top ten

MrBarlow · #**7386** 8th January 2019, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I was definitely going to include Lethal Weapon, Black Rain, K9, Red Heat, Rush Hour and Tango and Cash.

I was going to include dirty harry but left that out but totally forgot about another Eastwood cop movie.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**7387** 8th January 2019, 03:44 PM

Top ten buddy cop movies

Lethal Weapon (1987
The Enforcer (1976)*
Rush Hour (1998)
Red Heat (1988)
The Glimmer Man (1996)
Dark Angel (1990)
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976)
Bad Company (2002)
Starsky and Hutch (2004)
National Security (2003)